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ERIVIIN F. PLUME, OF STREATOR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO STREATOR BRICK COMPANY,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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l t Application leo. .Tune 3, 1916. Serial No. 101,534.

To all whomt't may concern Be it known that I, Emilie F. PLUME, a citizen of the United States, residing at Streator, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Brick-Mw chines, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to brick making machinery and more particularly to that class of such machines adapted to produce ornamental brick of rough exterior, and has for its primary object the construction of a machine of the character set forth which shall be adapted to produce fine quality ornamental brick of distinctive design with a minimum of operating expenditure.

A further object of this invention is to construct a machine of the class described which Vshall be adapted to operate intermediate the column forming mechanism and the cutting off device, in order that the ornamenting step may take place between the column forming and cutting off operations.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for regulating the depth of cut of the ornamenting mechanism acting upon the cla)T stream whereby to control the depth of the design imparted thereto.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will from time to time appear, this invention consists in the peculiar arrangement and combination of the various co'lierating elements of a brick making machine as hereinafter described in the following specification and more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating' the preferred embodiment of the invention and in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts wherever used, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front end of the machine; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rear of the machine; Fig. 3 is a top view of the machine. Fig. 4 is an en'd elevation showing' the clay stream in section and, Fig. 5 is a side elevation on a somewhat larger scale with a portion of the machine broken away, in order to give clearness of illustration.

4 designates the mouth of anyv suitable clay column forming machine used in brick making machine plants and. constituting no portion of my invention., lllhis clayl forming machine delivers a solid column of clay adapted to be cut into brick form by suitable mechanism.

Carried upon a roller 5 and other suitable supporting means at the other end of the machine (not shown) is an endless belt or apron 6 adapted to receive the clay column 7, as it issues from the mouth of the machine el., The roller 5 is supported by an. axle 8, which is in turn driven by any suitable external source of power.` Extendme; longitudinallv of the clay stream are side plates 9, 9 which support uprights 10, 11 and 12,the uprights 10 and 1l being connected at their upper ends by a cross member 13, and the uprights 11-12 braced by a cross member 13.

l Upon the members 11 and 12 are bearings lfi and l5 supporting a shaft 16 which carries a friction wheel 17 provided with a pulleyy 18' adapted to be driven by a belt 19 from any suitable external source of power. rlhe uprights 10 and 11 carry a second set of bearings 20, 20, which support a transverse shaft 21 carrying a friction disk 22 adapted to engage the friction disk 17 at right angles to the face thereof and being adjustable across the face of the member 17 by means of a slotted member 23 having a handle 24 by means of which the' disk 22 mav be slid longitudinally of the shaft 1, 1t being slip-keyed thereon for the purpose, the position of said wheel 22 being governed by means of wing nuts 25 and 26 adapted to operate in the slot 27 of the member 23.

Upon the shaft 21 suitably spaced apart are mounted eccentrics 28, 29, carrying eccentric straps 30, 31, respectively, the eccentric straps being provided with extensions 32, 33, which extensions support depending rods 34, 35, being provided respectively with springs 36, 37, andbeing adjustably bolted at their lower ends by means of nuts 36 and 37 to across bar 38 which transversely connects longitudinally extending spring members 39 and 40 which extend rearwardly of the machine to a point 41 where they are bent upwardly and fastened at 42 to a frame-work comprising uprights 413 and 44, a connecting cross bar 45, similar uprights 46, 47 and a similarly connecting cross bar 48, the spring members 39 and 40 extending to cross member 48 where they are suitably fastened. ltounted between the members 3 9 and 40 and extending across the face of the clay stream is a plate 49ad1ustably supported upon the meinberstl. i0 b v means of bolts engagingxa cross .bar dand provided with a plurality of adjustable spikesl eX- tendng through the adjustable plate 9 to a point slightly above the face `of the clay column.

Upon .the upright 1K0 is a stub shaft 52 and upon the uprights 11 and 12 is a similar shaft 53, eachof said slfafts and 53,carry in'g an angle shaped member it held in place thereon by means of U boltb` the inner endsof each of the members o4 being connected to the'corresponding member 39 or 40 by means of an adjustable connecting rod 56 provided with a spring 57 and a regulating nut-57. The lower end of each of the members 54e carries a connectingr rod 5S' cushioned by means of a spring 5S, and pro` vided wit-h a hand wheel 59' adapted to regulate the distance of members 5t from the side bars and also the tension of the 'bolted by means of an extension 62. Each of the members G0 carries by means ot a bracket 63 au adjustable plate (St mounted.

thereon by means of bolts 63', and similar `I in construction to the plate -ltl andprovided with a plurality of adjustably held spike members 65 which extend to a point immediately adjacent the side faces or" the column ori-either side thereofn 'Mounted upon the uprights 4:3 and 46 by means of suitable bearings 66 and G7 is a shaft 68 which carries a pulley 69 and a cylindrical brush 70. Upon the shaft 21 are a plurality of pulleys 'ladaptedy for different speeds from -which extends a belt 'I2 y around a belt tightener 73 oit any suitable type mounted upon a bracket 74 extending from the support let andl to the pulley 69 adapted to impart the rot. tion of the shaft 21 to the shaft 15S to caus a rotation of the brush held thereon. i y

The brush mounted in the bearings G6 and G7 is adapted to be adjusted toward or n way from the face of the clay stream by means of a threaded member 75 mounted upon a bracket 7G and adapted to raise or lower the end'beaiing G7 in order to increase or decrease the pressure at whichthe brush 70 .engages the face ofthe clay column 7,

E the brush being normally held in close contact with the face of the clay stream b v means of a nut'?.

The bearing 66 is held in place-by a pin 78 mounted upon a jdshaped member Z9 Leonesa having a screw-threaded shaft 80 extendircl therefrom and adapted to engage a block t! suitably /held upon one of the uprights and to be held in place in the block by means of a nut S2, so that when it is desired to adjust the height of the bearing (i6 with relation to the clay stream the pin 78 may be removed and the nut S2 loosened, whereupon the shaft 79 may be adjusted in the block Sl to the desired degree and the pin 78 replaced in position, and the nut 82 tightened, in Vorder to hold the same in the proper position.

Due to the adjustability of the plates carrying the spikes adapted to act upon the r,

sides and face of the clay stream, qand the further adjustability of the throwof the levers and connecting rods adapted to cause the reciprocatory movement of said plates, a varied degree of depth o't cut of the spikes carried by the said plates may bc obtained, thus providing at the will of the operator a variation inthe design imparted to the clay column. In order to compensate for this adjustability the brush 70 must of. 90

necessity be adjustable likewise, which is made possible by means of the mechanism just described,

'.ihe operation of the machinc'as above de` scribed is as follows: The clay column formed by the clay forming machine passes outwardly through the mouth onto the beltl to the plate #t9 and its corresponding supv portingmembers by means of the rods't and 35 which are vertically reciprocated by the eccentrics 2S and 99 rotating with thc shaft 21,. which is driven by means of the friction disk *2:2 engaging` the second friction disk 17, which is in turn driven from any suitable source of power indicated by the belty 19, the speed of the vibratonv movement beider regulated as described by means of shifting,r the disk '2:2 across the face of the disk 1T in the well known manner. The vertical 'vibratory movement of the members39 and At0 is communicated to the mem bers 5l by means of the adjustable connecting rods 5G and from the members 54.1 by means of Vthe connecting rod 58, to the sido spring members GO carrying the plates 64 which are in turn vibrated in unison with the plate 49 through the medium of the mechanism just described. The result of this vibratory movement of the plates Gt and the plate 49 is to cause the spikes 65 and 51 carried thereby to peck the top and side faces of the column to produce a roughened surface which. in the completed brick, gives a very desirable rough texture manner finish. The clay particles which are cut out from the clay column by the spikes of the various plates are brushed off the face of the clay column by means of the brush which is rotated by the belt 72, the brush also servingV to take off the sharp corners of the indentations left by the spikes and thus has some further effect in ornamenting the brick. The. particles cut off b v the side plates fall from tile clay column by gravity, thus leavin;r the side faces free..

As many chang/es could be niade in the above consti-action` and man'y rapparently widely different embodiments'of my' invention couldl be made, without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by llietters Patent is:

1. In a machinefor marking a clay column, means for conveying the clay column,

a plurality of markers7 and means for re-v ciprocating said markers in unison and in a direction at a right anale to the path of movement of said clay column to alternately engage and disengage a face thereof.

2. In a machine for marking a clay column, means for conveying the column, a plurality of members adapted to operate upon the faces of the column to cut out small c lay particles therefrom, and means for reclprocating,r said members in unison and in a direction at a right angle to the path of movement-of said clay column to alternately engage and disengage a face thereof.

3. ln a machine for marking a 'clay col` umn, means for conveying the column, a plurality of markers comprising cutting,r units adapted to cut out small clay particles from the column, and means for. reciprocating said cutting units in unison and in a direction at a right angle to the path vof movement of said clay column to alternately engage and disengage a face thereof.

4f. In a machine for marking a clay col umn, the combination with means for con? .veying the column, of a frame-Work above said column, a shaft on said frame-Work, means for driving.,y said shaft, eccentrics on Said shaft, connecting rods from said eccentrics, and a plurality of marking' devices adapted to be operated by said connecting rods to alternately engage and disengage the desired faces of the clay column.

5. In a machine for marking a clay column, means for conveying the clay column,

a plurality of reciprocating markers adapted to engage the desired faces of said column, and means for brushing the particles thus cut out from the face of the clay column.

6. ln a machine for markinga clay colf" umn, the combination with means for conveying the column,'of plurality of vibratu ing members adapted to operate upon the face of the clay column. to cut out small clay particles therefrom, andy means for brushing' the particles thus cutout from the face of the clay column.

'i'. ln a machine for mzirlring; a. clay col umn, the combination Twith meansfor conveying the column, of a .plurality of interconnected resiliently mounted marking de vices, and means adapte to cause marie ing devices to simultaneously vibrate against the desired faces of the clay column and in a direction at a right angle to the path of movement of said clay column.

8. ln a machine for marking a clay column, the combination with means for con veying the column, of a plurality of resilien'tly mounted marking devices, means adapted to cause said marking' devices to "ibi-ate against the desired faces of the clay column and in a direction at right angle to the path of movement of said cla,7 column, and means for removing the clay particles cut out by the marking devices.

9. ln a machine for ornamenting a clay column, the combination with means for conveying the clay column, of marking device mounted to act upon the top face of the clay colun'm. marking devices adapted to act upon the side faces of the clay column, and means connecting the side marking device and the top face marking device to cause them to engage and disengag'e the faces of the column simultaneously.

l0. l'n a machine for ornamenting a clay column, the combination aiith means for conveying the clay column, of a marking device mounted to act upon the top face of the clay column, marking devices adapted to act upon the side faces of the clay col umn, means connecting the side marking vdevice and the top face marking device to cause them to operate simultaneously, and

means adapted to clear the surface of the clay column of the particles of clay cut out by the ma rlrinp; devices.

ll. ln a machine for mnamentingu a column, the combination with mea conveying the clay column, of a in: vice mounted. to act upon tlie top l clay column, marking devices adapt act upon the side faces of the clay colmnn, means connecting; the side marking device and the top face marking device to cause them to operate simultaneously, means adapted to clear the surface of the clay column of the particles of clay cut out by the marking devices, and means for adjusting the pressure of said column clearing means upon the column.

12. ln a machine for ornarnc column, the combination.

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Y. il t5 conveying the column, of a, resiliently mounted marking plate adjacent vthe top face of the column, a resiliently mounted marking plate adjacent cach side face of the column, means for l'causimg a vibration of the vtop face marking device against the column, and means connecting the top face marking device and the Side I:face marking devices "to cause all of the marking devices to op- 10.

crate against the clay column in unison.

veying'the clay column of a pluralit of resiliently mounted mar3 g devices, miians "causing said marking devices to vibrate the clay column to out the. same,

regulating the speed of such vibratioin-and means for resmoothing the clay after the marking operation by said mar f.. devices1 '14e In a machine for marking a clay col- ",lu'nn, means for conveying the clay coimnn.

a plurality of reciprocating markers adapted to alternately engage and disengage the dejslred faces of said column, said markers movlng 1n apath at a right angle to the path -in a path at a right angle to the path of movement of said column, and means for adjusting the depth of cut of said marking devices.-

16.'In a machine for marking a clay col` umn, the combination With means for conveying a clay column, of a plurality of vibrating members adapted to operate upon the clay column to cut out small clay particles therefrom, means for brushing the par-` ticles thus cut from the face of the clay column, and means for adjusting the distance of said brushing means toward and away from said column.

17. In a machine for ornamenting a clay column, the combination with means for conveying the clay column, of a marking de- Vice mounted to act upon the top face of the clay column, means for reciprocating `13.` In a machine for marking a clay column, the combination with means for con# limi- 'ing devices, means for adjusting the distance of said marking devices toward and away from said clay column, and means for adjusting the distance of said clearing dc-v vice toward and away from said clay column.-

1S. In a machine for marking a clay column, the combination with means for conveying the column, of means adapted to rc-' ciprocntc toward and away from the faces of said column tol mark thc same, means adapted to reciprocate toward and away from `the sides of said column to mark the same. all of said marking means moving in a direction at a right angle to the path of movement of said clay column, and moans for independently adjusting the depth of cut of each of said marking devices.

19. ln a machine for marking a clay column`r the combination with means for conveying the column, of means adapted to reciprocate toward and away from the faces of said column to mark the same, means adapted to reciprocate toward and away from the sides of said column to mark the same. means for independently adjusting the depth. of cut of cach of said marking devices, and means for brushing o the particles cut out by said marking devices.

20. In a machine for marking a clay column, means for conveying the column, a plurality of markers comprising cutting units adapted to engage and discirgageV the clay stream 'with a picking action to cut out small clay particles from the column. andmeans for reciprocating the cutting units in unison and 1n a direction at a rlght angle to to alternaely engage and discngage 'the facesof said column.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses ERMIN F. PLUMB. Witnesses:

Hnznn Courson, N. M. Wm'rmo.

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